Competition Formula

The first edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship
Open will take place in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico from October 5 to
12, 2013. The rest day is October 10.

The competition FIVB Volleyball U23 World Championship Open consits of
two rounds, with 38 matches in total. The first round (Pools A and B)
will play in 30 matches, and the second round (Semi-Finals and Finals)
consits of eight matches.

Pools A and B are composed of 6 teams each and in each pool the teams
will play a Round-Robin system to redetime the ranking and will be
classified from 1st to 6th.

The team ranked 3rd in Pool A after the preliminary round will play
against the team ranked fourth in Pool B. The team ranked 3rd in Pool B
after the preliminary round will play against the team ranked fourth in
Pool A. The losers of the semi-final matches will play for 7th and 8th
final places. The winners of the semi-final matches will play for 5th
and 6th places.

The team ranked first in Pool A will play against the team ranked second
in Pool B. The team ranked first in Pool B will play against the team
ranked second in Pool A.

The losers of the semi-final matches will play for third and fouth
place.

The winners of the semi-final matches will play for first and second
place.